Long Term Care

ST. PETERSBURG — It's quite possible UCF quarterback Justin Holman endured one of the most challenging first-year starting quarterback campaigns this college football season. Holman, 19, carried the weighty expectations of guiding the Knights football team to another postseason bowl game and conference championship following the school's historic 2013 campaign, which included an undefeated American Athletic Conference run capped by a Fiesta Bowl victory with NFL –bound quarterback Blake Bortles at the helm. All of this needed to be accomplished with an almost entirely new offensive line, inexperienced running backs and a rigorous academic load as a biology major. ...

The state rolled out an updated version of its health-care comparison tool, FloridaHealthFinder.gov, on Tuesday, adding more data about hospitals, nursing homes, doctors and health plans.
“We are constantly trying to find ways to improve...

Emily had a habit of always taking her favorite purse along with her, when it was time for her late afternoon shower. Taking her purse along made the task of showering a lot easier for Emily and her caregivers.
When 6 p.m. rolled around, and as the...

Emily had a habit of always taking her favorite purse along with her, when it was time for her late afternoon shower. Taking her purse along made the task of showering a lot easier for Emily and her caregivers.
When 6 p.m. rolled around, and as the...

A man who noticed bruises on his father, a nursing home resident with dementia, set up a hidden camera and caught two employees hitting him, a Winter Haven police spokeswoman said.
Two certified nursing assistants at Palm Garden nursing home, 28-year-old...

With U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald touring Orlando’s veterans clinic in Baldwin Park and medical center at Lake Nona, U.S. Rep. John Mica said he’s hearing what needs to be said.
At a press briefing Thursday morning after McDonald...

TALLAHASSEE – Florida’s silver-haired voter demographic has a clear message for its gubernatorial front-runners: talk to us.
A new AARP Florida poll suggests voters ages 50 and up are increasingly worried about their finances, feeling they are falling...

Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards' 20th annual Harvest Grape Stomp is this weekend at the winery, 19239 U.S. Highway 27, south of Clermont.Anyone willing to take off their shoes and stomp out the juice of large squishy grapes inside a pit can participate...

John Morgan, founder of Morgan & Morgan, is expanding the firm’s focus on commercial contingency litigation -- taking a case where a business is suing another business but only getting paid if the client wins.
Morgan said he’s planning to add...

TALLAHASSEE — House budget-writers have responded to Gov. Rick Scott's call to prioritize education this year with a $74.4 billion spending plan that includes more money for teacher raises and universities. Both the House and Senate are releasing their b

By Jennifer Curington TALLAHASSEE — AARP released a poll of 880 Florida voters ages 50 and older that showed support for banning texting while driving, providing more at-home care for the elderly and applying a sales tax to online retailers. “Even though

TALLAHASSEE — Last week, St. Louis-based Centene Corp. announced its Florida subsidiary, Sunshine State Health Plan, was one of three companies awarded lucrative contracts to take over long-term Medicaid managed care throughout the state. Florida's new M

The Barack Obama campaign has launched yet another ad in Florida and other battleground states that all but accuses Mitt Romney of wanting to throw granny out of her nursing home bed. The new ad, titled “Only Choice,” opens with a shot of an elderl

TALLAHASSEE — Press release after press release is being sent out in reaction to the Supreme Court's health care decision released just an hour ago. Here are some of the responses so far: National Federation of Independent Business (Plaintiff in suit) “F

TALLAHASSEE – A final $70 billion budget landed (electronically) on the desks of Florida lawmakers at 4:22 p.m. Tuesday – starting the 72-hour “cooling off” period before a final vote and clearing the way for the Legislature to finish its work on time Friday.

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of FloridaTALLAHASSEE — The Senate's chief health-budget writer likely will propose $390 million in general-revenue cuts to health and human-services programs, though nursing homes and developmental-disability programs

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of FloridaTALLAHASSEE — The House released an initial health and human-services budget proposal Tuesday that would chop hospital Medicaid rates by $291 million next year and trim a series of benefits for low-income Flor

TALLAHASSEE — A Senate committee gave a lashing Tuesday to Gov Rick Scott's elder affairs secretary over the firing of the state's top nursing home watchdog and a subsequent federal report that determined Florida had violated the law by “muzzling

Community residents can get a free flu shot at one of three Fast & Free Flu Shot events sponsored by Centra Care and Get Healthy Florida. No appointment is necessary and shots are available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last at the fol

The Bay Street Players opens their 37th season tonight, Sept. 16, with a production of the mystery “Dracula.” The play runs through Oct. 9.Written by Hamilton Deane and John Balderston, this play is based on the classic novel by Bram Stoker. One